Awad approaches finding solutions for the reduction of harmful emissions that result from the burning of fossil fuels. During his PhD, he worked on a relatively new combustion mode called ‘flameless combustion’ that can achieve ultra-low NOx emissions. He proposed modeling equations of that combustion mode, which will contribute to more environmentally friendly gas turbines and aircraft engines. He is working with Rolls-Royce to design a hydrogen-fueled aircraft. This involves testing different designs using computational fluid dynamics to find the most optimum design that will be installed on the aircraft and achieve the least amount of emissions.